1) Top 2 of each group will advance to the playoffs.
2) The 3 1st placed players will be classified according to their averages of points. In case of ties the seeding at the start of the tournament will be used.
3) Group with the best 1st place will be called Group A. The group with the second best 1st placed player will be called Group B. The remaining group will be called group C.
4) The six players admitted to the playoffs will be placed in the respective slots in the following bracket:

A1
bye

B2
C2

B1
bye

C1
A2

Semifinals will be A1 vs (B2/C2) and B1 vs (C1/A2).

5) In the playoffs the rights of "higher seeded player" will be given to the player with the best record in the round robin.
In particular:
*Clashes between a 1st placed player and a 2nd placed player the rights will go to the 1st placed player
*Clashes between two 1st placed players or two 2nd placed players
the "rights" will be given to the player with the best average in points in the round robin. In case of a tie the seeding at the start of the tournament will be used.

Slight objection to the "average points" rule:
With only 4 players in group A and as such the two lowest seeded players in group B and C, it seems tougher for someone to win group A with a high average.

However, I don't realy see an alternative, other than a last minute entry (Jasmin, where are you?). Once Drake beats me 6-0, I will retract my complaint anyway.

Perhaps GFF should be in our group (group A) since 3 of the 4 of us are going to be US time zones for the tournament. That means he could play us in his evening times when farm work is less. This would make all groups with 5.
Just a thought.

We're in a bit of a fix at the farm right now. Well just broke. No water. The irony is - we've also had too much rain. But, that doesn't keep plants in trays and pots alive, nor does it give water to animals and humans. If you add me, wonderful, I'd love to play. But, I'll be offline from DoW for the next 5 days until we get things fixed.

Good recovery by me after a hard start (and thanks to locos) in Asia and BC. Nice tix in USA, close call in Europe and good block in Swiss.
Alex got in my way in 1910, good win for him.
Better luck in your upcoming matches !

Slight objection to the "average points" rule:
With only 4 players in group A and as such the two lowest seeded players in group B and C, it seems tougher for someone to win group A with a high average.

However, I don't realy see an alternative, other than a last minute entry (Jasmin, where are you?). Once Drake beats me 6-0, I will retract my complaint anyway.

I have suggested this in other tournaments with uneven groups where a 1st round bye is involved to no avail:

When determining seeding for KO rounds, remove the result's of the last player(team) in the groups with an extra player(team), unless that player(team) is in 1st place, then remove the player(team) 2nd from last.

So if GFF wasn't added to group 1, and we had an uneven number in the groups, then calculating which 1st place players get a bye in the first round of the KO would be based on just the results of the first 4 players in each group (unless Qorlas or Cat were 1st seed, then you would remove results of Lexx and/or yaelka). This would just be for seeding, it wouldn't be to determine who moves into the KO round - all results would be used for that.

good block from me in big cities with 2 tixs against 4 (1 completed vs 2)
Asia 3 west tixs + bonus versus 2 east tixs (and omsk-kobe,not the better big one )
Swiss not really well played from both, and Lexx gave me the longest in the end
Nice start from Lexx in europe just blocking me with his 2 first moves (blue and white) after my 8er, needed a station to connect and he won with the longest
In USA he blocked my Van-Mon and I blocked his Sea-Ny , but I completed mon-No and had the longest
1910 : east to phoe for him, west for me, bonus for him but more points for me, NO BLOCKS in this game and in Asia